At first I thought this was the 2115 SMP kernel problem everyone was having with dual Xeons. Even if I use the uniprocessor kernel the RC process never seems to complete. I am running on a Dell PE2650. What happens is it gets as far as rc3.d/S97messagebus which starts the message bus with an [OK] but then sits there after this never to return to a getty. CR echos a new line but the login never appears. I can log in through the other terminals (F2-F6) and the system appears to be fine though. Even the touched files in /var/lock/subsys look like all the init scripts ran - even S97rhns and S99local. Any ideas? My other FC1 machines complete RC3 or RC5 just fine! Thanks, Mike.